Mining News Pro - Sumitomo Metal Mining (TYO: 5713) is investing $16.9 million ($12.5m) in Canada’s battery materials firm Nano One (TSX: NANO) as part of the Japanese giant’s efforts to find sustainable methods for producing lithium-ion batteries.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 23:10:30

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Mining News Pro - Recent findings by researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have the potential to serve as a guideline for the design of future high-activity, high-performance platinum catalysts for use in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs).

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 22:31:36

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Mining News Pro - Researchers at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and the Universities of Cologne and Hamburg are proposing the idea of storing hydrogen in 1.2-nanometer palladium nanoparticles as a way to address the issue of costly storage systems.

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 - 12:54:45

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Mining News Pro - Researchers from ETH Zurich have uncovered a method to produce nanocrystals from mined metals using amalgamation, with the potential for the new compositions to be used in lithium-ion batteries.

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 13:48:09

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Mining News Pro - US startup NDB, a company that says it has created the first and only universal, self-charging nano-diamond battery that provides thousands of years of charge, announced that two of its proofs of concept achieved a breakthrough 40% charge. This is a significant improvement over commercial diamonds, which have only a 15% charge collection efficiency.

Monday, August 31, 2020 - 5:37:26 PM

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